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CDR Robert L. Calhoun, USN Aviation and Weather
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The Turbomentor The Orion The Skyhawk USS Eisenhower Aircraft and Ships
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Desert to Tropics Suez Canal Canal Zone, Panama
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Andoya, Norway Thule, Greenland Hot to Cold Negev Desert, Israel Andøya, Norway
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Calm and Stormy Seas Eastern Pacific North Atlantic
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Glaciers and Volcanoes Mt Aetna, Sicily Vatnajokull, Iceland
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The atmosphere affects you on the ground…
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…and in the air
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Hazards http://www.stormchaser.ca/Lightning/Lightning_Archive/Luke%20AFB%2 0Lightning.html http://www.mountainflying.com/Photos%20Other/Wave-Knapp.jpg
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Atmosphere
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Earth-Atmosphere Energy Balance Diagram http://www.srh.weather.gov/jetstream/atmos/energy_balance.htm
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Hydrologic Cycle Diagram http://www.srh.weather.gov/jetstream/atmos/hydro_cycle.htm
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Movement
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Seasons http://www.srh.weather.gov/jetstream/global/global_intro.htm
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Circulation http://www.srh.weather.gov/jetstream/global/circ.htm
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More Circulation
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How clouds are made
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Lifting http://www.srh.weather.gov/jetstream/synoptic/precip.htm
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More Lifting http://www.srh.weather.gov/jetstream/synoptic/airmass.htm
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Cloud Types Nimbo-form Cirro-form Cumulo-form Strato-form http://www.srh.weather.gov/jetstream/synoptic/clouds.htm
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National Weather Service tools
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Radar
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Satellite
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Graphics
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Built by thousands of reporting stations
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Winds
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Turbulence
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What’s a TAF? KAUS 071720Z 071818 17014G22KT P6SM SCT025 BKN035 FM2000 16015KT P6SM SCT050 SCT250 FM0600 17011KT P6SM OVC025 FM1100 18009KT 5SM BR OVC009 FM1500 17015G25KT P6SM BKN025
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The Code Obscuration BR Mist (Foggy conditions with visibilities greater than 5/8 statute mile) FG Fog (visibility 5/8 statute mile or less) FU Smoke DU Dust SA Sand HZ Haze PY Spray VA Volcanic Ash http://whitts.alioth.net/Paged8Reading%20Terminal%20Area%20Forecasts.htm Precipitation DZ Drizzle RA Rain SN Snow SG Snow Grains IC Ice Crystals PE Ice Pellets GR Hail GS Small Hail or Snow Pellets (less than 1/4 inch in diameter)
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http://flyawaysimulation.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=My_eGallery&file=index&do=showpic&gid=10&pid=4488&orderby=hitsD Instrument Approach
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Quiz Lajes, Azores Keflavik, Iceland
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Questions?
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